Regulatory Assets and Liabilities - Schedule of Regulatory Liabilities (Details) - Cleco Power - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Regulatory liabilities - deferred taxes, net
Regulatory Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory liabilities	$ (135,911)	$ (140,426)
Regulatory liabilities - other
Regulatory Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory liabilities	$ (2,718)	$ 0

The amount for the individual regulatory liability as itemized in a table of regulatory liabilities as of the end of the period.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 980
-SubTopic 405
-Section 25
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6500807&loc=d3e48068-110394

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